Snow Much Fun!

In the past two weeks, the boys have had 1.5 days of school. We had a snow day last Monday and a freezing rain day on Wednesday. Then they had a scheduled 1/2 day on Thursday and had Friday off due to the end of the marking period. Then the Polar Vortex rolled in. We had quite a bit of snow on Monday morning so school was closed. Then the temperatures dropped and they closed both Tuesday and Wednesday. Then on Wednesday afternoon, we learned that school was closed again on Thursday.  And then we got the "school's closed" call at 5am this morning. 

The boys and I have been keeping busy. Will was supposed to have a "read-in" at school one of the days last week so we recreated the read-in at home. We got cozy in the family with a lot of books, turned on the fireplace, and had some snacks. That kept us buys a good chunk of the day. We also played multiple rounds of Hogwarts Battle. Each game takes around 1.5 hours to play and we played 3-4 times per day. We did manage to get outside on Monday (for quite a while in the afternoon) and Tuesday (just short little spurts). By Tuesday, the snow pile in the cul-de-sac was huge so they did a little sledding followed by hot chocolate. On Wednesday, I braved the cold to get a bowl full of snow for snow ice cream.  On Thursday, the boys made themselves U of M fleece blankets.  We also ventured out of the neighborhood so Will could participate in a Battle of the Books mock battle.  The actual battle is on February  11.  We are looking forward to warmer weather this weekend and getting back to school next week.

At home "read-in"

At home "read-in"

Lots of guinea snuggles

Sledding in the court

Hot chocolate

So many rounds of Hogwarts Battle

Snow Ice Cream

Rainbow Chicken Nuggets